Modern Slide Guitarists

[OrganicZed]

I feel like there are a wealth of great slide players on the scene right now. Here are a few of my favorite players. Share your own!

Derek Trucks


Joey Landreth


Ariel Posen


Ian Thornely


Sonny Landreth

 

[Stone]

 

[OrganicZed]

I forgot Warren Haynes

 

[norminal]

Derek Trucks is unbelievable. His dynamics and intonation is second to none IMO.

 

[Aelred]

 

[spawnofthesith]

Derek GOATd for sure

 

[Fishbulb]

Slide and non-slide, JD Simo is one of my favorite guys I've come across in the last 10 years:

 

[OrganicZed]

JD is a really good player. His tone is very nice as well.

 

[QQQ]

I could listen to Derek Trucks all day. I love slide, but play it very poorly. Derek has the tone and control like Ella Fitzgerald had singing.

 

[DrewJD82]

I feel like there are a wealth of great slide players on the scene right now. Here are a few of my favorite players. Share your own!

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I had to watch that like 10x to figure WTF he was doing. Gaddamn, son.

Edit- then 0:42!!!! That was perfect!!!

 

[duzie]

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I had to watch that like 10x to figure WTF he was doing. Gaddamn, son.

Edit- then 0:42!!!! That was perfect!!!

This makes me want to throw my glass slide right in the garbage!

 

[Fishbulb]

JD is a really good player. His tone is very nice as well.

Yeah! I saw him a while back, before Covid, he wasn't quite in this phase he's in now but had moved past the Marshall stacks/Cream worship stuff some...I really dig the current vibe he's got the most.

 

[ragingplatypi]

I just took up slide this last year because i was most recently deeply moved by Ariel Posen and Dylan Adams. However I realized I’ll never have the focus to play like the new folks, so I’ve been listening to the generation prior to Derek Trucks for my lessons and inspiration for what I can actually achieve.

 

[la szum]

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I had to watch that like 10x to figure WTF he was doing. Gaddamn, son.

Edit- then 0:42!!!! That was perfect!!!

When I get so arthritic I can barely bend my fingers, let alone strings on a guitar
I am going all in on Slide. Until then I am bending them while I can---both fingers
and strings.

Sonny is a monster---with a totally unique technique and approach.